A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle...
The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he...
A corrupted police officer insists on bribing a broke man, so he has to go to everybody and do everything in order to be able to pay him in the very night.
Donya is a wealthy woman but she is not living a happy life, she goes to a psychiatrist and starts telling him the story of her life; how she has gotten married and widowed three times.
An Iranian actor named Akbar is trying to become a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force him to abandon his dream of being an artistic actor. He also has to deal with his family problems and his wife's inability to become pregnant.
Kamran and Moluk, middle-aged siblings, live penniless in the family's Tehran mansion, selling furniture to pay expenses. Their brother, who owns the house, has died suddenly, and his widow, Forugh, is coming from the provinces to visit. Kamran writes an elaborate script and hires a troupe of five...
A veterinarian called Habib who has tried to expose the crimes of Shoulan, decides to commit suicide under the pressures of Shoulan. He meets a girl called Niloufar who persuades him to commit suicide. Habib does not know that Niloufar is Shoulan's last trick to perish him. Niloufar who dreams of...
It narrates the life of a 40-year-old female doctor who is skilled and specialized in her field, but has problems in the field of marriage and choosing a spouse.
Keivan with the help of his friend and fiance decides to kill his grandmother to inherit her fortune. But she seems invincible and falls in love too and wants to get marry.
